Eisenhower vows U S will not desert Formosa
President Eisenhower declared the United States will not let Formosa fall to international communism and said Congress approved a Formosa defense declaration. He said no ground forces commitment exists and declined to detail how the island would be protected. He affirmed no change in planned Army cuts despite objections from Gen. Ridgway. A Supreme Court nomination delay by the Senate was noted.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Formosa
Vescadures
Quemoy
Matsu
Thnirk
Rtemark
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
House Armed Services Committee
Supreme Court
Fireshower
Senate
John Marshall Harlan
Long Beach Press-Gebaram front page fragment
The fragment shows a Long Beach California paper from February 1955 with 36 pages. It lists the date and issue number and price in the header. No core news content is readable for a more complete summary.
Gusts Down Trees and Wreck Power Lines in Southern California
Chilling winds sweep Southern California causing widespread minor damage as trees fall and power lines fail. Gusts peak 43 mph at Long Beach Airport with 25 to 35 mph in harbor area. citrus regions dip to about 28 degrees. Damages include storefront doors blown open, awnings torn, and a car blocked by a fallen tree at Santa Cruz and Mermaid. Sky condition to improve by Thursday with clear weather through Saturday.
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Long Beach Municipal
Harbor
Long Beach
Mountain View Dairies
Anaheim St
Santa Cruz St
Mermaid Pl
Tornado Toll Rises Across Three Southern States
A cluster of tornadoes ripped across Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama killing about 30 people and injuring around 100. Rescue teams combed rubble near Commerce Landing Mississippi and Olive Branch for additional victims as guards patrolled damaged areas near Wiggins and Leatherman Plantation.
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Memphis
mid-South
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Missippi
Namie
Commerce Landing
Miss
Here
Olive Branch
Nia Ark
Ani Huntsville
Ala
Leatherman Plantation
Wiggins Negro Elementary School
Daring Dior Decollette Draws Fire
London critics spark outrage over Dior spring gowns shown in Paris critics call the necklines scandalous and dangerously revealing British papers fear the designs would not pass British standards some outfits expose half inch margins and resemble Botticelli Venus imagery.
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London
Dior
Paris
London Times
Britain
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Botticelli
Venus
Daily Sketch
Nell Gwynne
Charles 11
Weather Update: Calm Winds and Clear Skies Ahead
Tonight will be cold with decreasing winds and clear skies. Thursday looks slightly warmer with continued calm conditions and continued dry weather.
9000 Men Slated for Atom Test
The Defense Department announced about 9000 personnel from all armed services will participate in the atomic weapons test planned in Nevada for spring. Navy and Marine Corps crews will train with an atomic explosion while Army and Air Force involvement in such explosions remains unconfirmed. The tests, under the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project at Sandia Base, Albuquerque, aim to evaluate new weapons effects on ongoing military training. Dates for unit participation were not disclosed.
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Washington
Defense Department
Armed Services
Nevada
Pertagan
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Air Force
Desert Rock
Armed Forces Specia Weapons Project
Sandia Base
Albuquerque
N. RI
Atomic Energy Commission
War Near for U S Army Officer Avers
Jim Jones of the Army Antiaircraft Command warned the Colorado Association of Soil Conservation districts that the nation is near war. He stressed the remark is personal, not Army policy, and urged preparedness without causing scare headlines. Jones, based in Colorado Springs, noted strong antiaircraft defenses and expanding guided missile stations near major centers.
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LOS Vek
Jim Jones
Army
Colorado Assn
Iridge
Laveas
Accidental Death Toll in 1954 Reported by Safety Council
The National Safety Council reports 1954 total accidental deaths near 97,000 with motor vehicle fatalities about 38,000 in highways and 28,000 home accidents. Economic losses reach 9.7 billion dollars, while traffic deaths decreased from 1953. Los Angeles shows the lowest traffic deaths among major cities.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Council
Los Angeles
Army to Strengthen A-Forces in Europe
The Army plans to send a sixth battalion, the 216th Field Artillery Battalion, to Europe in the near future. The unit, now finishing training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, will bring 280 millimeter cannons capable of firing conventional and atomic ammunition up to 30 miles.
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Washlimuludee Ahe
Europe
216Th Field Artillery
Ft. Sill
Okla
Ten Indians Die as Airliner Crashes Near Nagpur
An Indian airliner crashed near Nagpur before dawn today killing all ten aboard. All known victims are reported to be Indian.
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Nagpur
India
Researchers Grow Ulcers in Monkeys and Brain Studies Ahead
VA researchers at Long Beach Hospital produced duodenal ulcers in rhesus monkeys via chronic stress stimulation. Dr John D French and UCLA affiliate plan to present findings at the Congress of Neurosurgery in Montevideo, while pursuing brain function studies in wakefulness sleep and stupor.
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Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Neurosurgery of
Latin America
Montevideo
Uruguay
John D. French
Va Lospital
Hea
Anch
French
UCLA
Dre. French
Oakland
Banks
America Automobile
West Oakland
Cay
George Alexander
Ganley St
San Lorenzo
Bank of America
12Th St
Broadway
Red Chinese Send Nehru Secret Note
Communist China reportedly delivered a secret message about a Formosa cease-fire to Prime Minister Nehru in London. Indian informants denied demands for surrender of Formosa, with Nehru meeting in the home of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as he attends Commonwealth talks. Meanwhile fighting rages on Yikiangshan and Formosan refugees describe widespread bombings and disruption on Tachens.
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London
China
Formosa
Nehru
U. N. Security Council
Peiping
Huan Hsiang
Tachens
World and Local Section Reference List
The message reads a contents listing for newspaper sections and page references including Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio TV Shipping Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures Wilson Woamen Your World with page designations across A and B sections.
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Boyle
Wilson
Woamen
Vocabulary Building Through Speed Reading Techniques
A City College article promotes vocabulary expansion as essential to speed reading. It highlights books like Word Clues by Amsel Greene and Thirty Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis, emphasizing roots, prefixes, and usage in exercises. It urges consulting public libraries and a page A-16 test for further study.
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Amsel Greene
Row, Peterson, Co
Evanston, Ill
Centeas
Public Library
Wilfred Funk
Norman
J Lewis
Pocketbooks
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